03-08-2008, 06:52 PM
"Woodless homes stop termites dead"..... only as long as your home has absolutly NO wood....our SIP was not wood, but the cabinets, shelves, trim boards, doors, furniture even books, all were wood ... and had all gotten termite damage... The house was tented & we have removed the wood..... All except a few pieces of redwood that were not munched on in the thirty years this house tolerated the munching monsters... (trim boards that looked nice were just paper shells, where the stain stopped, so did the trim!, there were a couple of recipe books in the back of the pantry, drilled through & through! Plywood with plys completely layered out....)
We are trying to be VERY juditious in the wood we do use, and are VERY careful to follow the SYSTEM to the letter - even mold/mildew & weatherproofing every stick that we replace... a total PAIN!
Haven;t figured out how to completely remove every bit of wood, but we are trying! (We also have a yearly protection plan with the termite exterminators....for the wood we do have)
We are trying to be VERY juditious in the wood we do use, and are VERY careful to follow the SYSTEM to the letter - even mold/mildew & weatherproofing every stick that we replace... a total PAIN!
Haven;t figured out how to completely remove every bit of wood, but we are trying! (We also have a yearly protection plan with the termite exterminators....for the wood we do have)